Foiled Car Jacking

[AggieDave 6]

I love stories like this, especially since no shots were fired, everyone is safe AND the perp is in jail. Proof of CCW working, once again.

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Woman pulls gun against would-be bandit




By Norb Franz, Macomb Daily Staff Writer March 28, 2003




A would-be robber got a little more than he bargained for after targeting the wrong motorist at a Warren intersection.
Acting as if he had a handgun, the man tried to rob a 40-year-old woman. But he wound up on the wrong end of a pistol wielded by his intended victim.

The Warren woman told police she braked for a stop sign on Lorraine Boulevard at Dodge Avenue, when the man opened the driver's door of her 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass. With his hand in his right pocket, he pressed an object to her jaw that she believed was a gun.

The culprit ordered her to give him money -- but she had other thoughts.

Clutching $6 in one hand, she began struggling with him as he again demanded her money.

Determined not to become a robbery statistic, the woman reached with her other hand to the passenger seat for her 9 mm handgun, grabbed the pistol and pointed it at his face.

"If you're going to shoot me then do it, 'cause I'm definitely going to kill you," the brave resident replied, according to police reports.

The surprised assailant ran without getting a cent. He is described as a black male in his mid 20s, 6 feet tall, 165 pounds, wearing a blue skull cap and baggy blue jeans.

No shots were fired.

Shaken by the incident, the woman waited until Tuesday to report the March 19 holdup attempt. Reports state that she felt by the time she had regained her composure, she thought it was too late to file a complaint. The woman eventually approached two Warren patrolmen investigating a report of a stolen automobile on her block on Packard Avenue.

The Warren woman, whose name is not being published by The Macomb Daily, has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, police said. Attempts by the newspaper to reach her for comment were unsuccessful.

Detectives have not yet determined if the attempted holdup is related to an earlier similar incident. Police said a teen-age boy told a woman at Fast Track gasoline station on Van Dyke that he needed a ride to Lakeside mall in Sterling Heights. When she said no, he brandished a handgun, Detective Sgt. Scott Pavlik said.

The woman drove off, circled the area and called police after spotting the teen. Officers arrested him a short time later.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7526209&BRD=988&PAG=461&dept_id=141265&rfi=6

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[MattM 0]

you sure do like anything that has to do with guns

Matt

[AggieDave 6]

mmmmm...guns...*homer drool*

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[pop 0]

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you sure do like anything that has to do with guns

Have you been to Texas?

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[Push 0]

You gotta admit that was cool though. Props to the woman.

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[MattM 0]

not physically, but I go there everytime he makes a post... (guns, trucks with big tires, etc.)

Matt

[skydiverbrian 0]

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"If you're going to shoot me then do it, 'cause I'm definitely going to kill you," the brave resident replied,

Sweet! Id've liked to seen the look on the guy's face!

In a world full of people, only some want to fly... isn't that crazy! --Seal

[AggieDave 6]

Exactly!

Between 1995 and 1997 the violent crime rate in Texas dropped over 50% where as most of the country's violent crime rate climbed steadily. Know why? In Texas in 1995 the concealed carry law passed. What sort of dumbass criminal is going to attempt a violent crime when there is a 1 in 6 chance that the person who they're about to commit a violent crime against, may be armed?

Twice now, I have had to draw my weapon, never had to fire a shot (thank god!), but in both times the perp stopped what he was doing, decided that me and my truck (me one time, my truck the other) weren't worth getting his head blown clean out by my shot and left.

Once was an attempted car-jacking in Houston, the other was someone who I gave a ride to (whom I didn't know), who became violent and refused to be excused from my truck. Who knows what would have happened otherwise.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[PhillyKev 0]

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someone who I gave a ride to (whom I didn't know), who became violent and refused to be excused from my truck. Who knows what would have happened otherwise.

I'm thinking something along the line of Deliverance.

[AndyMan 7]

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where as most of the country's violent crime rate climbed steadily

Actually, this is entirely false. Violent crime accross the nation has declined steadily since the early nineties - the height of the "crack wars".

I believe the myth of the violent society is largely propagated by the media seeking to boost ratings for their news shows.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/viort.htm

Ya got blinders on, dude...

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[AndyMan 7]

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Between 1995 and 1997 the violent crime rate in Texas dropped over 50% where as most of the country's violent crime rate climbed steadily

Oh! Even better!

http://www.cjpc.state.tx.us/stattabs/statecomparison/CrimeIncRate1.pdf

These stats, published by The Criminal Justice Policy Council, a Texas state agency, show Texas crime rates to average a full percentage point ABOVE national levels.

Better go check yer numbers, dude.

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